Hippodamia (daughter of Oenomaus)

Hippodamia married Pelops, son of King Tantalus of Lydia, and their children are as follows: Astydameia, Atreus, Corpreus, Dias, Eurydice, Hippalcimus, Hippasus, Lysidice, Mytilene, Nicippe, Pittheus, Thyestes, and Troezen.

So when suitors arrived, he told them they could marry his daughter only if they defeated him in a chariot race, and if they lost, they would be executed.

Pausanias was shown what was purported to be the last standing column in the late second century CE; the same author mentions that Pelops erected a monument in honor of all the suitors before himself, and enlists their names, which are as follows:[5] Pelops,[7] son of King Tantalus of Lydia, came to ask for Hippodamia's hand in marriage and prepared to race Oenomaus.

The race began, and went on for a long time but just as Oenomaus was catching up to Pelops and readying to kill him, the wheels flew off and the chariot broke apart.

The Hippodameion likely contained items similar to other cults that showed up around the time period, including statues of Pelops and Hippodamia along with terracotta pots depicting their stories.

[11]Walter Burkert notes that though the story of the contest for Hippodamia's hand figures in the Hesiodic Megalai Ehoiai and on the chest of Cypselus (ca.

Pelops and Hippodamia from the east pediment of the Temple of Zeus in Olympia .
A base relief made in the Roman Empire, this relief depicts Pelops (left) and Hippodamia (right) likely communicating after the chariot race.
Made during Rome's Julio-Claudian era of 27 BCE-68 CE, this terracotta relief shows Pelops (in front) with Hippodamia (in back) riding a chariot. [ 6 ]
Part of the Altis within Ancient Greece, these pillars were made of local stones, such as limestone. [ 12 ]